Dravid shines; RR beat Delhi

DD made no changes to their playing eleven.

RR made half-a-dozen Chan(dila)ges to their playing (Samu)eleven – Shane Watson, Owais Shah, Dishant Yagnik, Brad Hogg, Shaun Tait, and Ajit made way for Kusal Perera, Brad Hodge, Kevon Cooper, Sreesanth, Rahul Shukla, and Badree.

On winning the toss, Rahul Dravid, RR’s skipper and the player of the match, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of RR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 45, and lost a wicket.

Kusal, whose 12-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 14. Three overs into the match, he was caught by Irfan Pathan. Umesh Yadav broke the 22-run stand.

RR scored 50 off 6.5 overs (41 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave DD no reason to be in seventh heaven.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 41 balls. While Ajinkya Rahane’s contribution to the partnership was 18, Dravid’s contribution to it was 26. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was half-a-dozen.

Rahane, whose 24-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 28. Fifty-one balls after Kusal’s dismissal, he was caught by Shahbaz Nadeem, who broke the 65-run partnership.  

RR scored 100 off 13 overs (78 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave DD no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Dravid’s half-century – which included five boundaries and a six – came off 40 balls.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 25 balls. While Dravid’s contribution to the partnership was 13, Stuart Binny’s contribution to it was 35. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Binny, whose 20-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and three sixes, eventually scored 40. Twenty-eight balls later, Umesh broke the 55-run partnership.

RR scored 150 off 17.1 overs (103 balls). DD had conceded nine extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Dravid, whose 51-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 65. Sixteen balls after Binny’s dismissal, he was caught by Mahela Jayawardene, DD’s skipper. Umesh broke the 19-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair D(av)id not get off the mark. Hodge had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored five. The next ball, he was caught by Warner off the bowling of Umesh.

Cooper, who faced a couple of balls, scored as many. Three balls later, he was caught by Umesh. Ashish Nehra broke the run-a-ball stand.

The seventh-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Ashok Menaria, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. The next ball, he was dismissed by Nehra.

Sreesanth, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten, as was Rahul Shukla, who faced a couple of balls, scoring a run.

RR scored 165 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs.

Johan Botha, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 19.

Andre Russell, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 31.

Irfan, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 31.

Nadeem, who bowled four overs, conceded 22. He picked up a wicket.

Nehra, who bowled four overs, conceded 35. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Umesh, who bowled four overs, conceded 24. He picked up four scalps.  

The first Powerplay of DD’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 39, and lost a wicket.

Unmukt Chand, whose 19-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 23. Thirty-four balls into the chase, Sreesanth broke the 39-run stand.

DD scored 50 off 7.1 overs (43 balls). RR had conceded three extras at that point.

Jayawardene, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary, scored 19. Thirty-two balls after Chand’s dismissal, he was caught by Rahane. Rahul Shukla broke the 43-run stand.

DD scored 100 off 13 overs (78 balls). RR had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point.

It was at that point that the floodlights failed. DD had lost a couple of wickets at that point. While Warner was batting on 45, Manprit Juneja was in seventh heaven.

Warner’s half-century – which included seven boundaries – came off 41 balls.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 31 balls. While Warner’s contribution to the partnership was 32, Juneja’s contribution to it was 18. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.

Juneja, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary and a six, eventually scored 20. Seven overs after Jayawardene’s dismissal, he was caught by Hodge. Cooper broke the 67-run partnership.

DD scored 150 off 18.1 overs (109 balls). RR had conceded 10 extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on four. Warner, whose 56-ball innings included nine boundaries and a six, eventually scored 77. Three balls after Juneja’s dismissal, Hodge ran him out.

Botha, who faced three balls, scored a couple. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Cooper, who broke the run-a-ball stand.

Russell, who faced half-a-dozen balls, had no reason to be in seventh heaven – a couple of balls later, Cooper broke the one-run stand.

Irfan, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten, as did Naman Ojha, who faced a ball, scoring a run.

RR eventually conceded 11 extras. DD, who scored 160 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets, lost by five runs.

Binny, who bowled an over, conceded 11. He was wicketless, as were Trivedi and Badree, who bowled four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded (Siddhar)thirty-five, the latter conceded 34.

Rahul Shukla, who bowled three overs, conceded 27. He picked up a wicket, as did Sreesanth, who bowled four overs, conceding 18.

Cooper, who bowled four overs, conceded 30. He picked up three scalps.